Understanding Morphological Rules


Stela. Manova
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Utgitt
Dordrecht : Springer , cop. 2011
Omfang
1 online resource (243 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.. - Understanding Morphological Rules; Studies in Morphology; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Contents; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Transliteration from Cyrillic; Preliminaries; 1.1 Introduction; 1.1.1 Conversion and Subtraction in Slavic: History of Research; 1.1.2 Organization of the Book; 1.2 Bulgarian, Russian, and Serbo-Croatian; 1.2.1 Phonological and Morphonological Features; 1.2.2 Morphological Features; 1.3 Word as a Basic Linguistic Unit; 1.4 Word-, Stem- and Root-Based Morphology; 1.5 Thematic Markers, Aspectual Suffixes and Root Extensions; Theoretical Background. - 2.1 Natural Morphology2.1.1 Universal Naturalness; 2.1.2 Typological Adequacy; 2.1.3 System-Dependent Naturalness; 2.2 Cognitive Linguistics (CL); 2.3 Prototype Theory (PT): Prototypes and Clines; 2.4 Morphological Techniques; 2.5 Derivation-Inflection Continuum; Conversion; 3.1 Terminology; 3.2 Definition; 3.3 Delimiting Conversion; 3.3.1 Homophony, Polysemy, Metaphor, Metonymy; 3.3.2 Conversion and Related Techniques; 3.4 Direction of Conversion; 3.4.1 Marchand's Criteria; 3.4.2 Criteria by Other Authors; 3.4.3 Conversion with a Clear Direction. - 3.4.4 Reversible Conversion vs. Cross-Linguistic Semantic Pattern3.5 Classification of Conversion; 3.5.1 Conversion in Derivation; 3.5.2 Conversion in Inflection; 3.5.3 Syntactic Conversion; 3.6 Conclusion; Subtraction; 4.1 Terminology and Definition; 4.2 Delimiting Subtraction; 4.2.1 Phonological Shortening; 4.2.2 Backformation; 4.2.3 Haplology; 4.2.4 Hypocoristics; 4.2.5 Clipping; 4.2.6 Blends; 4.2.7 Acronyms; 4.2.8 Subtraction of Meaning; 4.2.9 Zero Sign; 4.2.10 Truncation; 4.3 Subtraction and Rule Inversion: Ethnicity Terms; 4.4 Classification of Subtraction. - 4.4.1 Subtraction in Derivation4.4.2 Subtraction in Inflection; 4.5 Conclusion; Typological and Language-Specific Adequacy of Conversion and Subtraction; 5.1 Typological Adequacy of Conversion and Subtraction; 5.2 Language-Specific Adequacy of Conversion and Subtraction; 5.2.1 Conversion as a Language-Specific Morphological Technique; 5.2.2 Subtraction as a Language-Specific Morphological Technique; 5.3 Conclusion; Conclusions; Appendix A Bulgarian Noun Inflection; Appendix B Bulgarian Adjective Inflection; Appendix C Bulgarian Verb Inflection (Synthetic Forms). - Appendix D Russian Noun InflectionAppendix E Russian Adjective Inflection; Appendix F Russian Verb Inflection (Synthetic Forms); Appendix G Serbo-Croatian Noun Inflection; Appendix H Serbo-Croatian Adjective Inflection; Appendix I Serbo-Croatian Verb Inflection (Synthetic Forms); References; Author Index; Subject Index. - This volume analyzes morphological and morphonological phenomena from a number of distinct Slavic languages. It does so in an innovative manner, yet also positions the analysis in the context of current morphological debates. It is thus a valuable contribution both to comparative Slavic morphology and general morphological theory. Moreover, the book is the first attempt at a theory of conversion and subtraction relevant to languages with rich inflectional morphology. It contributes to our structural understanding of the nature of word. As the first illustration of subtraction with examples fro
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